Indore tourist murdered in Meghalaya during honeymoon; four arrested: Police

Indore tourist Raja Raghuvanshi was allegedly killed by men hired by his wife during their honeymoon in Meghalaya DGP I Nongrang said on Monday morningSpeaking to PTI she said the wife Sonam surrendered before the police in Uttar Pradeshs Ghazipur while three other assailants were arrested in overnight raidsRaghuvanshi and his wife went missing while vacationing in Meghalayas Sohra area on May 23 His body was found in a gorge on June 2 while a search for his wife was underwayOne person was picked up from UP and another two accused were apprehended from Indore by the SIT the DGP saidSonam surrendered at the Nandganj police station in UP and was subsequently arrested she added Nongrang said the arrested men have revealed that the wife had hired them to kill RaghuvanshiThe operation is still continuing in Madhya Pradesh to catch some more persons involved in the crime she saidChief Minister Conrad K Sangma congratulated the state police for cracking the case that had shocked the nationWithin 7 days a major breakthrough has been achieved by the meghalayapolice in the Raja murder case 3 assailants who are from Madhya Pradesh have been arrested female has surrendered and operation still on to catch 1 more assailant well done he posted on XPTI had on Saturday reported that a tourist guide in Mawlakhiat Albert Pde had seen Raghuvanshi and his wife with three men on the day they went missingAlbert said that he had seen the couple accompanied by three men as they were climbing over 3000 steps from Nongriat to Mawlakhiat around 10 am on May 23He said he recognised the couple as he had offered his services to them on the previous day to climb down to see the famed living roots bridge in Nongriat but they had politely refused and hired another guideHe also said that all three men accompanying the couple were speaking in Hindi indicating that they were not localsThe families of the husband and the wife had sought a CBI investigationRaghuvanshis body was found in a gorge near Weisawdong Falls A gold ring and a neck chain were found missing from his body further leading to suspicion that he was murderedA day later a bloodstained machete was found nearby and two days later a raincoat that was similar to the one used by the couple was found in Mawkma village halfway between Sohrarim and the gorge where Raghuvanshis body was foundMadhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Saturday said he has requested Union Home Minister Amit Shah to order a CBI probe into the caseOn Friday Sonams family urged the Centre to hand over the case to the CBI expressing dissatisfaction with the probe of the Meghalaya PoliceMy daughter has been abducted and is still in the clutches of her captors Meghalaya Police are not investigating the matter properly They have been negligent right from the beginning I have been seeking the deployment of the Army since the day they went missing If it was done in time they would have been found safely Sonams father Devi Singh Raghuvanshi told PTIAfter their marriage on May 11 the couple left for Meghalaya on May 20 for their honeymoonThey arrived at Mawlakhiat village on May 22 on a rented scooterOn May 24 their scooter was found abandoned at a cafe along the road from Shillong to Sohra following which the search for them beganA special investigation team SIT headed by an SP and assisted by four DSPs was probing the matterThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever